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Virtual Disk 15GB

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Effective Speed -490%Effective Speed -490%Average Score -632%Read -356%, Write -626%, 4K Read 133%, 4K Write -121%, Mixed -383%, 4K Mixed -19%, SusWrite -3,054%Peak Score -229%Read -13%, Write -18%, 4K Read 326%, 4K Write 5%, Mixed 5%, 4K Mixed 230%, SusWrite -2,138%Value & Sentiment -19%User Rating -19%Nice To Haves +9% Age 9%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Black 1TB (2013)

Black 2TB (2013)

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

Barracuda 7200.14 3TB

Average Bench: 14.9% (1011^th of 1015)

Based on 21 user benchmarks. Model: Msft Virtual Disk

Poor: 4%Average: 14.9% Great: 64%

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Terrible average bench

The Msft Virtual Disk 15GB averaged 85.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.99MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.7MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Msft Virtual Disk 15GB is 60.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Msft Virtual Disk 15GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 4.77MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 18.8MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 21 samples)

Rank 101114.9%

Min	Avg	Max
2	Read 34.1	176
2.47	Write 18.8	153
2	Mixed 16.4	98.4
1.3	SusWrite 4.77	8.7
13.7% 18.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.005	4K Read 1.99	4.4
0	4K Write 0.9	2.6
0	4K Mixed 0.7	3.3
177% 1.19 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

IND-User, 3 years ago.

0GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 7.3 9.1 9.5 8 8.5 MB/s

11.2% Very poor

Write 18.7

Mixed 17.5

SusWrite 8.7

14% 18.4 MB/s

4K Read 4.1

4K Write 1.5

4K Mixed 1.6

376% 2.4 MB/s

ISR-User, 4 years ago.

9GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.7 6.5 6.2 7.5 7.8 6.6 MB/s

9.8% Terrible

Write 4.2

Mixed 4.5

SusWrite 6.5

8% 10.5 MB/s

4K Read 2.8

4K Write 0.1

4K Mixed 0.4

163% 1.1 MB/s

CAN-User, 4 years ago.

8GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 9 2.9 2.7 3.8 3.2 MB/s

9.53% Terrible

Write 19.8

Mixed 21.3

SusWrite 6.7

14% 18 MB/s

4K Read 4.4

4K Write 2.6

4K Mixed 3.3

598% 3.43 MB/s

IND-User, 4 years ago.

7GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.9 2.1 8.3 5.8 1.9 MB/s

9.03% Terrible

Write 7.7

Mixed 20.5

SusWrite 4.8

11% 14.5 MB/s

4K Read 3.5

4K Write 1.8

4K Mixed 0

179% 1.77 MB/s

CAN-User, 3 years ago.

4GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.5 MB/s

5.73% Terrible

Write 2.5

Mixed 5

SusWrite 1.3

5% 6.7 MB/s

4K Read 1.9

4K Write 0.3

4K Mixed 0.5

140% 0.9 MB/s

ROU-User, 3 years ago.

2GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.6 1.8 1.8 3.4 3.9 3 MB/s

4.21% Terrible

Write 3.5

Mixed 6.8

SusWrite 2.4

5% 6.25 MB/s

4K Read 0.1

4K Write 0

4K Mixed 0

4% 0.03 MB/s

USA-User, 4 years ago.

5GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 5 7.8 7.9 8.1 8.3 MB/s

2.85% Terrible

Write 5

Mixed 18.5

SusWrite 6.5

6% 8 MB/s

4K Read 3.7

4K Write 0.7

4K Mixed 1

278% 1.8 MB/s

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Typical Virtual Disk 15GB Builds (Compare 270 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 4%

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Desktop 40%

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Workstation 4%

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System: HP Compaq dc7900 Small Form Factor

CPU
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $54Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	139x
Core2 Duo E8500Intel $110Bench 42%, 18,841 samples	18x
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	17x

GPU
Q45/Q43 Express ChipsetIntelBench 0%, 16,152 samples	139x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	23x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	12x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	6x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $51Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	4x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	3x

RAM
40GBUnknownBench 22%, 7,939 samples	88x
44GBUnknownBench 23%, 6,316 samples	71x
42GBUnknownBench 23%, 3,060 samples	39x

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Value: 45% - Average

Total price: $84

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Msft

Virtual Disk 15GB

Average Bench: 14.9% (1011^th of 1015)

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Msft

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Average Bench: 14.9% (1011th of 1015)

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Poor consistency

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